XS Scuba Recalls Miflex High Pressure Diving Hoses Due to Drowning Hazard
CPSC Recall1 injuries · 2012-04-19 · 12155
Hazards
The diving hose can rupture reducing the available air supply to the diver, posing a drowning hazard.
Recall
Number
12155
Date
2012-04-19
Injuries reported
1
Products
Names
Miflex High Pressure Scuba Diving Hoses
Remedies
Options
Replace
Companies
Manufacturer(s)
Miflex 2, Villasanta, Italy
Retailer(s)
Scuba diving retailers and online between May 2009 and April 2012 for between $44 and $60 for individual hoses.
Importer(s)
XS Scuba, Inc., of Santa Ana, Calif.
Distributor(s)
XS Scuba, Inc., of Santa Ana, Calif.
Country of manufacture
Italy
Description
The high pressure hose is used to monitor cylinder pressure for the air supply in tanks for scuba diving. The hoses have MFX stamped on the hose's end fitting. They were sold as individual replacement gauge hoses and as cascade hoses and in the following kits and model numbers: Deluxe Cylinder Equalizer w/ Miflex HP hose P/N AC366 Miflex Two-Gauge Console HL300/HL300M Miflex Rebreather Kits MRB-EVO-LG, MRB-EVO-MD & MRB-ISP-POST-LG